Outlook Express?

18 years ago

My daughter said she got an e-mail from Microsoft that we would no longer be able to use Outlook Express. I didn't get such an e-mail...is this true?

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
18 years ago
I have no idea I have not used OE in years but if you happen to need a very good replacement you might want to look at thunderbird by mozilla, it is very good and easy to use. You can even set it up to get some webmail such as gmail and yahoo as well as your regular email.

Here is a link that might be useful: thunderbird
marooma
18 years ago
maybee,

Does your daughter use hotmail? If so, they are upgrading their protocols and Outlook Express will no longer work after 20 June 2008. See the link below for further info. HTH.

Terry

Here is a link that might be useful: Windows Live Hotmail Tech Support Blog
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mikie_gw
18 years ago
Outlook Express functions fine for typical pop3 email accounts.

If you use Outlook Express to access your Hotmail account, the hotmail access via OE will cease to function shortly.

As of June 30, 2008, Microsoft is disabling the DAV protocol and you will no longer be able to access your Hotmail Inbox via Outlook Express. As an alternative, we recommend that you download Windows Live Mail, a free desktop e-mail client that has the familiarity of Outlook Express and much more.
dsmitty
18 years ago
The way that I understand it, you will need to download Windows Live as an email client if you want to continue to get Hotmail into your computer. And you need to have at least XP on your computer to do that. You will, however, still be able to use Hotmail at the MSN website.

An alternative is to use another POP email address, such as Gmail, and you can continue to use Outlook Express.

IMHO, this is just another way that Microsoft is forcing people to upgrade their operating system when, in fact, the old operating system is doing all that one wants it to do.

I am using 2000 PRO and it does all that I need it to do. I just today set up 2 friend's Outlook Express to get mail from Gmail and they are going to dump Hotmail.

Smitty

Smitty
mikie_gw
18 years ago
Webmail has advantages for many people - especially the non-geeky types for when they stuff their computer with a virus or just break it - they don't loose all their emails.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
18 years ago
I use hotmail and gmail. I have never used OE to access my hotmail. I never liked OE. I access my gmail directly from gmail webmail and also have my thunderbird set up to access my gmail too. I access my hotmail from hotmail.com, from my msn page which has a direct link to my hotmail account, and from my msn browser that is part of the msn package that comes with Verizon fios.
The only thing that is going to change is that you can not get your hotmail in OE you can still see it all by just going to hotmail.com and logging in to it.
urlee
18 years ago
Quote: marooma Outlook Express will no longer work after 20 June 2008.

What that means is, you no longer will be able to access Hotmail (with) while you are in OE.
You will STILL have OE to write and receive e-mail as usual.
When you DL Windows Live, it uses your HotMail addy and password automatically and takes in all your webmail accounts for you to be able to write to from as tho----and also OE by picking from a drop down list to choose what to put after From: making it look as tho you were writing from that account when really you are in Windows Live..
davka
18 years ago
G-Mail.

Best spam filters.

Least annoying ads.

Biggest storage capacity.

Works with Outlook Express.

Just drop Hotmail and leave the Dark Side!